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Jahlil Okafor: One of the Best Low-Post Scorers We’ve Seen

We continue our series profiling the Sixers potential draft picks, this time shifting our attention to Duke’s Jahlil Okafor. Previous profiles: Karl-Anthony Towns Key information: […]

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D’Angelo Russell to Work Out for the Sixers After All

Last week, Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell canceled his scheduled workout with the Sixers, a move which raised eyebrows across the Delaware Valley. Did Russell […]

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Karl-Anthony Towns: The Big Man the Sixers Probably Want — and Likely Can’t Get

As we lead up to June 25th’s NBA draft, we’ll begin to take a look at some of the prospects that could be available to […]

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Sixers Draftland: Does Joel Embiid’s Setback Change Sixers’ Draft Plans?

Basketball writer Derek Bodner is covering the NBA draft for Philadelphia magazine at Sixers Draftland.  Saturday night’s news, which was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo […]

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Welcome to Sixers Draftland

The NBA draft has the chance to be a franchise-altering moment for any team. Never is this truth driven home more than during the NBA […]

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Allen Iverson Biographer Kent Babb on “Tipsy” Practice Rant, Stephen A. Smith, Why A.I. Thrived in Philly

Kent Babb wants to thank Stephen A. Smith. “Whether he meant to or not,” says Babb, the author of Not a Game: The Incredible Rise […]

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Sixers Spat With Wells Fargo Could Prelude a Move to Camden

I don’t really know what to think of the Wells Fargo Center. For example, the original first sentence of this story was, “The Wells Fargo […]

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Will the Sixers Find Their Hero in the Draft?

The ping pong balls were neither unkind nor kind to the Philadelphia 76ers the other night at the NBA draft lottery. The Sixers, armed with […]

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Fans Cheer As Sixers Land No. 3 Draft Pick

Last night, hundreds of Sixers fans crowded a Buffalo Wild Wings in the Far Northeast to cheer on the team. Of course, the 76ers aren’t […]

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The Five Most Surprising Moments from the New Allen Iverson Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzFEOOzO_6A Tomorrow night marks the premiere of Showtime’s Iverson, a 90-minute documentary that traces Allen Iverson’s life from his childhood in the mean streets of […]

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Are These the New Sixers Jerseys?

There are many questions about the future of the Sixers. Which draft picks are they going to get in the lottery next week? If the […]

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Sixers Unveil New Logos With Retro Vibe

It’s very difficult these days not to treat any Sixers news as an excuse for kicking the team that’s spent the last two years tanking. […]

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13 Years Ago, Allen Iverson Delivered His “Practice” Rant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM Thirteen years ago today Allen Iverson strode onto a podium and gave an end-of-season press conference for the ages. A year removed from the […]

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Iverson Refutes $40K Strip Club Claims

Remember that recent story Matt Barnes told about his time as a 76er — how Allen Iverson would spend up to $40,000 an outing at […]

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The Sixers Are A Muddled Mess

The 76ers owner gave a state of the team address the other night, and one thing became perfectly clear to me: None of those fancy […]